AFGHANISTAN WARS - Britannia Miniatures

In the last couple of months, I have devoted myself to buy some 20mm figures representing the warriors present in Afghanistan wars.
In this case the vehicles are from Britannia Miniatures.
The figures look a little bit “fat” but they have a detail that I like enough.

So, here they are the first set of miniatures pics, just painted so far.

Have fun

 Afghan Technical with 12.7 HMG

 British Jackal patrol vehicle, with crew and 50 cal Browning HMG

Yes I like "dirty"

JF

Nebelwerfer 150mm Battery - Pendraken Miniatures

My last painting job is this Nebelwerfer (“Smoke Mortar” literally “Fog thrower”) 150mm battery from Pendraken Miniatures.

I only regret that the gunners are not properly represented as Nebelwerfer crew, with their ammunition (rockets).

Enjoy

Some historical info:
The 21 cm NbW 42 was a five-barreled multiple rocket launcher mounted on the towed carriage derived from that of the 3.7 cm PaK 36 anti-tank gun. A pivoting stabilizer was added to the front of the carriage to steady the launcher when firing.
The 21 cm Wurfgranate (thrower-shell) 42 rockets were spin-stabilized, electrically-fired and only had high-explosive warheads. The rocket nozzle assembly contained 22 orifices evenly spaced around the rim of the nozzle with the orifices set an an angle of 16° from the axis of the rocket to give the rocket clockwise rotation. The rockets had a prominent exhaust trail that kicked up a substantial amount of dust and debris, so the crew had to seek shelter before firing. This meant that they were easily located and had to displace quickly to avoid counter-battery fire. The rockets were fired one at a time, in a timed ripple, but the launcher had no capability to fire single rockets. The rockets could be fitted with either impact or delay fuses as necessary. Liner rails could be fitted to allow the launcher to use 15 cm Wurfgranate 41 rockets with their HE, smoke and poison gas warheads.
Despite the improved aerodynamics of the Wgr. 42 rocket over the 15 cm Wgr. 41 it proved to have similar dispersion problems; notably an area 500 metres (550 yd) long and 130 metres (140 yd) because of uneven burning of its propellant.

JF

Tiger I Collection - "The Wild Cats"

I want to present to you part of my 1/144 scale "Tiger I" collection.

Some are finished models and others are kits assembled and painted by me.

Hope you enjoy

Miniatures

Metal Troops - Dragon kit - WGS (with Zimmerit)

Miniatures

Dragon kit - Cando Dragon - Metal Troops

Miniatures

Dragon kit - Cando Dragon - Metal Troops

Miniatures

All Dragon kits

JF

Russian Infantry - Pendraken & WGS

I present my last work of painting a Russian infantry unit on 10/12 mm. all figures are placed in Litko square  bases with 2,5cm x 2,5cm.

Enjoy

 In the first row is the commander, with an anti-tank dog in the middle, and a LMG gunner.

 An A/T Rifle and a Light Mortar on the left row

Figures from Pendraken and Wargames-South.

JF